New Intelligent 8-port Fast Ethernet Switches from MEN Micro Feature Connection Flexibility and Rugged Design - Technology - Advancements

AMBLER, Pa. October 2008 MEN Micro Inc., a world-renowned professional connected with embedded precessing along with I/O remedies pertaining to strenuous industrial, cell along with unpleasant environment applications, currently gives the line of clever 8-port Fast Ethernet changes to deliver several types of front internet connections (RJ45, M12 plus D-Sub) and a rugged design for used in an extensive array connected with challenging environments.

Consuming lower than 7 W each change as well as packed in a fanless housing, the brand new SF Series with Ethernet buttons offer a fantastic mixture of ruggedness, reduced electricity and flexibility which produce these buttons perfect for mobile, commuter and automation applications. Specific types include the SF1, SF2, SF3 plus SF4.

All knobs help support full-duplex and half-duplex operation, high-speed non-blocking, store-and-forward changing as well as auto-negotiation along with Layer-2 switching. They are wrong doing tolerant as well as get back themselves with their own own: in case your link is actually briefly unavailable, the actual changes is fine for a second time following agitation which have no restart or reset. A built-in analyze system helps make these robust Ethernet knobs dependable features inside of an embedded system.

The a number of switches inside innovative SF Series appear inside each was able (SF2 along with SF3) as well as unmanaged (SF1 and also SF4) variations also like for example stand-alone or 19 slab mountable configurations. The maintained buttons support Power above Ethernet (PoE) on ports 0 and 1, can work while Power Source Equipment (PSE) or even a Powered Device (PD) and incorporate a great FPGA-based lower electric power CPU which integrates your management software.

All with the vents usually are separately configurable. For managed switches, a service interface is definitely available with the entrance panel, furnishing a good way to configure the actual swap using an SMB interface for a normal D-Sub connector. For your unmanaged switches, MEN Micro also gives fixed been able choices which has a configuration EEPROM personalized into the uses requirements. This could include characteristics for instance 802.1p priority and port-based priority, port-based VLAN or even IEEE 802.1q VLAN IDs.

Pricing each system for the unmanaged changes is $1,325 and $1,769 pertaining to managed. Delivery is six days ARO.

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